Mining

Shareholders of Temex Resources voted overwhelmingly for a plan to be acquired by Lake Shore Gold .

Wallbridge Mining has struck a joint venture agreement with global platinum player Lonmin to earn up to 50 per cent interest in Wallbridge’s four Parkin Properties if Lonmin spends $11 million on exploration over the next four years.

Thunder Bay’s Premier Gold announced it has received $11 million from Centerra Gold, its joint venture partner to develop its gold mine properties in northwestern Ontario.

Barring a last-minute settlement, a Sudbury junior mining company expects to be in a Toronto courtroom in early October to take on the Ontario government in a potential landmark case that could prompt revisions to Ontario’s Mining Act concerning Firs

Wallbridge Mining has signed an $11-million exploration deal with its joint venture partner, Lonmin Plc . The four-year deal is an amendment from an earlier agreement centred on the North Range.

Two Sudbury-based mining suppliers — Ionic Engineering and Talos Steel — have joined forces to establish a presence in Chile.

The Ontario Provincial Police is investigating the circumstances behind the June 3 death of a Detour Gold Mine employee. The company was notified, Aug.

The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) and KGHM International Ltd. have formally signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to guide their working relationship with regards to the development of the Victoria Project in Sudbury.

The OPP are conducting a criminal investigation following the June 3 death of a worker at Detour Lake gold mine near Cochrane.

Vale received the second of three new converter vessels for its Copper Cliff Smelter Aug. 11 as part of the company’s $1-billion Clean AER Project. The converter vessel weighs around 100 tonnes and is 14 metres long and 4.2 metres around.